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Yvette Cooper announces new sanctions on Russia as she visits Kyiv

The Foreign Secretary is in the Ukrainian capital for her first overseas visit in her new role.

Evening Standard · Sep 12, 2025

‘Massive’ Russian attack on Ukraine’s Kyiv kills at least 21, wounds dozens

Ukrainian authorities say four children were among those killed in Russian attack that struck multiple areas of Kyiv.

Al Jazeera · Aug 28, 2025

Attacks kill four in Ukraine’s Kharkiv, three in Russia’s Belgorod

Local authorities in Kharkiv say two missiles hit a hardware hypermarket as part of renewed Russian assault on the city.

Al Jazeera · May 25, 2024

Ukraine farms lose workers to war, complicating a tough harvest

Dutchman Kees Huizinga has faced many challenges in the two decades he has spent as a farmer in Ukraine. Russia's invasion has thrown up one challenge he never expected.

Reuters · May 8, 2023

Ukraine condemns Russian nuclear 'blackmail' on Chornobyl anniversary

Ukraine marked the 37th anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster on Wednesday by urging the world not to bow to Russian "blackmail" over nuclear facilities it has seized during its invasion.

Reuters · Apr 26, 2023

Kyiv says it terminates land lease deal with Russian Embassy

Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko on Thursday said the city had terminated the Russian Embassy's deal to lease land in the capital and wanted the property to be returned to the Ukrainian state.

Reuters · Apr 20, 2023

Ukraine bids farewell to fallen opera conductor

Tearful mourners bid farewell on Tuesday to a celebrated Ukrainian opera conductor who was killed fighting Russian forces in eastern Ukraine.

Reuters · Apr 11, 2023

Russia says US behind Ukraine's pressure on Moscow-linked Orthodox church

Russia's Foreign Ministry said late on Sunday that the U.S. was behind the pressure that Ukrainian authorities have been exerting on the Russian-aligned wing of the Orthodox Church in Kyiv.

Reuters · Apr 2, 2023

Russia may be weaponising homophobia, but the war has strengthened Ukraine's fight for LGBT rights

The war poses special risks and challenges for Ukraine's LGBT community, but as Ukrainians become "more united", and try to distance themselves from Russian values, the conflict has become a catalyst for change.

ABC News · Mar 2, 2023

In Ukraine's Bucha where civilians slain, neighbours united in grief

In Bucha, the town synonymous with Russian brutality during the war in Ukraine, two neighbours whose loved ones were killed in different parts of the country met at the local cemetery Friday to grieve and reflect as the conflict entered its second year.

Reuters · Feb 24, 2023